US EditionFairer chocolate trade ‘transforming mothers’ lives in Ivorian cocoa villages’
- Mothers in cocoa communities in Ivory Coast report that fairer prices and contracts are significantly improving their lives and ability to support their children.
- Yeyasso, a cooperative in Man, is using Fairtrade premiums to address gender inequality and health care issues in these communities.
- Angele Oulai shared the dangers women faced in accessing maternity care, indicating a dire need for improved local medical services.
- Yeo Moussa, director-general of Yeyasso, emphasized the positive impact of leadership schooling for women, stating it has created a mindset shift toward gender equality in farming communities.
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The Independent (US)
perspectivemedia.comFairer chocolate trade ‘transforming mothers’ lives in Ivorian cocoa villages’
Women in the African nation’s cocoa villages face acute challenges, including gender inequality, economic exclusion and limited access to healthcare.
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Fairer chocolate trade transforming mothers lives in Ivorian cocoa villages - Banbury FM
Mothers in impoverished Ivory Coast cocoa communities say fairer prices and contracts are helping to transform their lives and support their children. The west African nation is the biggest producer of cocoa in the world, with farmers in the region of Tonkpi supplying chocolate global markets, including the UK. But years of unfair trade practices have eroded farmers’ ability to reinvest in their land as climate impacts worsen, causing productivi…
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